First Time Baking with Tabitha

Since moving to Stockholm, whilst being heavily pregnant, our social calender has not been what it once was so I have been looking for creative ways to keep Tabitha entertained and also feel like I am teaching her something in the process. So this week I decided that we should try to bake together, it is something that I thought she would like to get involved in, she loves getting her hands dirty, and I have missed since she came along so it just makes sense to incorporate the two. We had so much fun and it was surprisingly not stressful at all so I thought I would share it with you.

Ingredients

100g of Butter

100g of Sugar

100g of Flour

1teaspoon of Baking Powder

2 Eggs

130g of Icing Sugar

6tablespoons of Water

Sprinkles (to decorate)

Method

Start by preheating your oven to 200C (fan)

Then cream the butter and sugar together in a bow, I started this bit before letting her take over as it requires some elbow grease

Add the flour and baking powder and mix until crumbly

Add the eggs and whisk until your batter is smooth, again here I finished this off so it was the right consistency

Then pour your mixture into 12 cupcake cases

Bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes

Once baked, remove and allow to cool

Whilst the cupcakes are cooling you can make your icing by mixing the icing sugar and water

Then spread evenly over your cupcakes

Finally add the sprinkles and allow to set before eating!

They came out VERY flat, Tabitha clearly needs to develop her whisking technique, but they were still yummy, I mean come on, its cake and icing why wouldn’t it be yummy. It is definitely something that we will be doing together more often and I hope to share what we make with you.